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Imperial County to Argue Fireworks Legality

Todays is : Friday, 09 January 2009

Written by George Gale
Tuesday, 05 September 2006
(SHOULD PERSONAL FIREWORKS BE ILLEGAL IN THE COUNTY?)…. COUNTY FIRE CHIEF FRED NIPPONS GAVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS A PREVIEW OF THAT ARGUMENT TUESDAY. THE ISSUE WILL BE PLACED ON THE BOARDS NEXT AGENDA, SPETEMBER 12TH. THE COUNTY IS CONCERNED FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS FOR PERSONAL USE HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN BENEFIT, AND THEY ARE HAZARDOUS TO THE POPULATION. NIPPONS SAID FOR THE MOST PART, FIRE CHIEFS AROUND THE COUNTY AGREE THE FIRE WORKS SHOULD NOT BE SOLD FOR PERSONAL USE. THE CHIEF SAID BOTH THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR THERE WERE TEN FIRES REPORTED RESULTING FROM PERSONAL FIREWORKS USE. HE SAID NEXT MEETING AN EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE WILL BE A PART OF THE PRESENTATION TO DETAIL THE NUMBERS OF INJURIES THAT WERE TREATED BECAUSE OF THE MISUSE OF FIREWORKS. NIPPONS ALSO PLANS TO HAVE THE FIRE CHIEFS AND OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WHO OPPOSE THE FUTURE SALE OF FIREWORKS FOR PERSONAL USE. ALSO EXPECTED AT NEXT WEEKS MEETING ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE GROUPS WHO DEPEND ON THE SALE OF FIREWORKS AS THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISERS.